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The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05

The reason Eve was not created
before Adam was, the Lord knew
if he made the woman first and
then tried to get a man 70 salthef,
he might i sWelI quit and go hish-
ing
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05
An Important Study.

Negro father Ito son)-How you
gettin long at school?
Boy-Fust rate.
Father-Whut yer hingin' yer
mine down on fur de mos part?
B~oy-Rifmertic.
Father-Got down ter jogerfy
yit?
-Boy-No sab.
Father-Wall, I wants yer to
git down ter dat ez soon ez yer
ken.
Boy-What's jogerfy gwine ter
do fur me?
Father-Whut's it gwine ter do
fur.youa WY, it'll allus keep yer
outen de po'house, OATS wut it
gwine ter do. g
Boy-How Gomez
Father-Is yer dun los all yer
sense dat yer doan know how
Gomez Doan yer know dat er
man wild plenty O. jogerfy in his
head ken allus tell de age o er boss
by lookin at him7 Doan yer know
he ken fling his eye up ter de
clouds an tell when its gwin ter
rain, an dat he kin skin er sheep
lies like snatchin' off er shirta
know dat man whut tuck er peach
tree switch an found dat fine well
O. water on de Fulgum place,
doan yer7
Boy-Yes, sab.
Father-WalI, he u er fine
han at jogerfy. Go back ter dat
school ouse an study jogerfy, SON
go right back dar an study it dis
mint.
The Sixth Congressional Dis
trict Convention sounded esthe
death knell Of the reformers who
have been t1amping around in the
lower portion of OUT State; ane
their ergaa calls it an Outrage
IlOf course it was outrageously
disappointing to the numerous
,perepatetic politicians who have
flor some time back been working
hard to get up a boom in thei
Town favor.-Carrol Democrat.
/ Three years ago California en-
acted a law to print and sell book
to school children at cost. tn
law was Immediately put into ei
feet and text books from the Stat
press were soon in the hands c
the children. Report says th
result proves the wisdom and fore
sight of the projectors of tn
8 scheme, for it "effects a saving c
more than one half the cost {
Eastern books. Malvern Lead
H E
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05
Air and Exercise.
Two Necessary Elements for the Promo
ton OF Human Health.

Pure air is of the greatest inn
portance to the body. The blood
wants it, and life can not 60 on
without it. Pure air oxygenates
or purifies the blood, burns up
waste matter, allows the heat of
the body to lie kept up, and
keeps going all our vital organs.
Bad air means low vitality, re-
tention of waste in the system,
with consequent disease and
early death. Impure air is the
cause of all our diseases Of the
respiratory organs, such as
coughs, colds, inauenzas,
sore throats, enlarged
or infiamed tonsils, loss
Of voice, catarrh, pleurisy, bron-
chitis, Inflammation of the lungs
and even consumption itself. Be
careful therefore, to always
breathe pure air; have your sit
ting-rooms and your bedroom
windows open day and night, in
all seasons and i'm all weathers,
about two inches. The absence
from colds, coughs, ETC., that you
will notice in yourselves is an
experience once gained will new
er be forgotten. Recollect that
you spend a third of your lives
in your bedrooms, and that il
you breathe bad air there il
shortens life and causes disease.
Always insist on pure air, and
be sure you get the best you can
Our muscles require exercise
to develop them and to keep
them in proper condition.
reckon that two hours a day OF
bodily work OIL exercise will keel
a person off the sick list, three
hours daily will put him in fail
health, while four or more vii
keep him in good health. Those
whose lives are sedentary mus
walk from six to eight miles 8
day; this may be taken il
the morning or in the even
ing. It is a good plan to wall
to and from business if possible
or where this is impossible t.
have "a good walk at night afte
tea, or late dinner. This cause
sound sleep, good spirits,
healthy body aud a contente'
mind. Young ladies are request
ed to observe that they mus
follow this advice just as InucI
as their brothers OF male trlen'l
have to ; it will make You rosy
merry, cheerful and natural.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05

I'VE do hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and
Quarterly Drawings of The Louisiana State
Lottery Company, and in person manage and
control the Drawings themselves, and that the
same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and
ia good faith toward all parties, and we author
ize the Company to use this certificate, With
fac.similes of our signatures attached, in its ad-
vertisements."
G.. r. BEAUREGARD,
j. A. EARLY,
Commissioners.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05
TUESDAY,
9, 8
CAPITAL PRIZE, $50, 600.
a.

nOTRCE.-Taehxets are saO only.
Halves, S.. Flths, So. TenthsD ST.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.

A.FoR CLUB RATES OF any further infor-
nation apply to the undersigned. Your
handwriting muss be distinct aud Signature
plain. More rapid return mail delivery viii
be assured by your enclosing an envelope
bearing your full address,
Send Postal Notes. Express Money Orders
or New York Exchange u ordinary letter
Currency By Express Cat our ezpense) ad
dressed TO
M. A.
New Orleans, La.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05

We the undersigned Banks and Bankers
will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana
State Lotteries which may be presented at our
counters.
J.H. OGLEsBY,
. Pres. La. Nat. Bank. .
P. LANAUX,
Pres. State Nat. Bank.
A. BALDWIN,
Pres. N. 0. Nat. Bank.
CARL KOHN,
Pres. Union Nat. Bank.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05

merry, cheerful ana natural
There is an active and spirited
political contest in Clyde, n. u,
between Miss Nellie L. Cook and
Miss Ella Clark for the office OF
school commissioner. An ac-
count says:
/. Miss Cook is the regular Dem
ocratic candidate, and is making
the most active canvass for the
Office ever known in the county.
She is il particularly handsome
and Tivacious woman offWenfy-
one, and possesses ii fortune III
herown name. She has many
young men ut work III her III
terests in every town IL her dis
trict. aud the Republican, mama
gers admit tili.t she is saitkang
serious inrpads upon their vote.
Miss Cook has had several fia'i-
Llreds Of her photographs 'i'>
Mributea through Wayne c''aiai,y,
aud is spending aaay ortwo ~
each town III her district Ia
some villages extensive prrparit=
tions areuanaking for her fect,i'-
ton BY young Democrats, who
viii meet and escort her ~ the
public halls with brass bands.
It looks as though SHE would be
elected. Miss Clark il the Pro-
Inhibition candidate. She has
nade four campaign speeches,
and hundreds OF people have
focked to hear her.
The Steamship, Crystal, when
arrived at New York recently,
brought over ninety-six shet.
land BONES aged three years and
Under. They were sold for about
$50 each, except four blooded
Zones. which brought from SlOo
to 5000. About 1000 Shetland
ponies are imported annually be,
tween the months OF May ano
December.
The Toledo, Ann Arbor & Ca.
diIlac railroad company offered
|. an Irishman $500 for his three
, wears lease and offered to move
his cabin to any place be NIGH
designate, having bought the
: land on which it stood. Pat &C
cepted the offer and took tn
J money, bnt when the men came
! on to move the cabin and asked
: the Hibernian where to move 10
he said to Oireland.n They
thought II was Il joke, but Pa
holds the fort and has the $500
1t ID not generally known tina
camels, beth wild and tame, ar
'-lfound iii Texas, yet such is TIL
fact, and some Of them will b
1 on exhibition aat the State fai
at Dallas this fall. The first Q
! these animals were brought 4
the State BY the government il
1852 to test their usefulness i
crossing the American desert I
California. They came frof
], Arabia. and were the ancestor
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05

Balance due the parish .........$ 2,06i.SO
Messrs. Carron, Saizan aud Perrodin, hay-
ing been appointed a committee to exasnins
the vouchers in the hands of the treasurer,
reported through their chairman, Mr. CaErog,
that they examined and counted the v ouchers
presented by the tyaasnrer, amounting 20
h, 1873 (seven thousand three hundred and
forty.nine and 73-100 dollars|, as per his state
ment filed that the amount correspondent
with items in the cash book when on notion
it was resolved that the vouchers be Cancelled
and hat the treasurer have credit on the
hooks of the parish for said amount, and the
vouchers were Cancelled accordingly.
Messrs, Haas, Littell and Dubuisson, nav
ing been appointed a committee to examine
the claims on file against the parish, reported
through their chairman, Mr. Haas, that they
examined and found correct the following
.Iasn,r win.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05

There are 1900 Usage Indians,
and hey have their reservation
and OH annual income Of $780,
900 from she government.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05

The States has, during this
canvass, made the Democracy of
Louisiana acquainted with many
Of the features Of the Hunt bolt;
Governor Nichols has now giv-
en- the people his defense of it
and Of his participation therein.
What do the Democrats of Lou.
isiana think of that defense '
Persons in a private station may
be excused for sometimes in
.dulging their personal feeling
at the expense Of their party
fealty; but no man who wears
that fealty SO loosely that he
can bolt his party. in Q serious
crisis, under the most aggravat-
ing circumstances, is fit for a
party leader, much less is ne
worthy to carry the banner OF
the Democracy when he does
not hesitate TO bolt q Democra-
tic nomination on The strength
Of d mere rumor, set adrift by 9
malicious enemy of his party
and people.-States.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-11-05

GIassbloWers' cheeks become
khin and lose their elasticity by
HE continued blowing. They
hang down like inverted peck
ets and grow useless. 1t Is q
matter of record, II Is said, that
both here and III Europe glass
workers have blown holes
through their cheeks.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-27
Saved From a Tigers Jaw

Only a few months ago, in India, in
certain planting district there was q no
torious man eater. Two gentlemen, A
and B. residing together on an estate,
had lost, besides other employees, two
chowkebars, or native watchmen, within
a few days, and the unfortunate men had
been actually carried off out of the v.ran-
da Of the bungalow. A and b therefore
determined to clothe themselves like ma
tives, and sit during the night, armed. in
the veranda, in the hopes they might be
able to get a shot at the man eater, who,
they thought, might probably return to
the spot which had already provided him
with two victims
They proceeded to carry out this in
tention, and sat up till about or 3
O'Clock, a. m, but nothing appeared. A
then said he should not stay up any long
er, as he did not believe the animal
would come; but announced his inten-
tion of waiting half an hour longer by
himself. There were large windows
opening down To the floor OF the verauda,
duh AOA-u OlC vi kAAtNE a FtAf anu
after entering his room. had just closed
the window, and was gazing out FOR an
instant, when he saw a dark mass land IN
the veranda, right on TO his friend then
heard sounds Of scuffie, and a cry for
help. Seizing his rife to which a sword
bayonet was attached, aud fiinging up
the window, he rushed out, in time 70
see B walking down the steps that led up
to the veranda alongside Of the tiger,
with his hand in the latter's mouth.
A was afraid to fire lest be should ht
his friend, so, running after him, he, with
admirable presence Of mind, went up 70
the tiger and, plunging his bayonet into
the animals body, at the same instant
fired. There was a roar and scuffie,
and took advantage Of the moment %
release his hand, and the tiger, after tum-
bling, died. BIS hand was terribly man
gled.-COltrt Journal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-27
The Spare Bed.

A Boston doctor says that 'the spare
bed in the farm house has been 20 blame
for two-thirds Of the cases Of rheumatism
and deaths by consumption. There
isn't any use 10 denying that the spare
bed 10 the winter l. cool when you hrst
get in. AFTER you have been 10 a while
and fallen in a kind " stupOr YOU don't
mind it 50 much We have slept ia the
spare bed during the winter season that
l., we've gone 70 bed IN IL and been res
cued subsequently BY q relief party sent
for the purpose. You know how the
spare bed 10 the old farm house looks.
probably. II stands there In one corner,
the bedstead with a high headboard and
square posts with a ball on the top Of
each and the foOtboard tOps On with
sort Of roll with a round ornament On
each end that you can turn and they can
hear il squeak down III the front yard.
The bed has q big white spread 90 it
which reaches 20 the floor. or periaps
log cabin" guilt. There are couple -
pillows that would make good nnYil- f
they were 10 a little different shape Bot
when you get 81 and De down on an icr-
foe aud pull thr glacier up over you
that's the time IL - Interesting How
awful cold the spare bed can get AfLer
goo get ia you inrn over once ~ -ee if BE-
won't seem a little warmer. But g0u
never make another turn. fOu'ye frDzeu
TOO stin ~ that time. And g-neraiiy
you fail into q kind " lethurRy, and the
next thing yOu know q doctor j. staudlug
over yOu waiting Tor amputatlOn - set
in on your night leg which lay against ths
under sheet Ia tise spare bed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-27
Sheridan Ride

sheridan had left Washington on the
morning of oct Is. 1854, by train. and
passed the night in Winchester twenty
miles north of the battlefield On the
morning Of the 18th, he heard the firing
of cannon, and sent out to inquire the
cause, but was told il came from a recon
nOiSance. At nine O'Clock he rode leisure
ly out Of Winchester. not dreaming that
his army was in danger. After little,
he heard again the sound Of heavy guns,
and now he knew what il must mean.
Not half a mile from Winchester he came
upon the appalling marks Of defeat aud
rout The runawayS from the battle,
still in flight, had got 80 far a. this in
their terror. The trains of wagons were
rushing by, horses and drivers all I'm con-
fusion, for there i no worse turmoil in
this world than the flight and wreck Of
beaten army Sheridan had never seen
his own men i'm this condition before.
He at once ordered the trains to be
halted, and sent for brigade of troops
from Winchester; these he posted across
the road TO prevent further struggling.
Then he called for an escort of twenty
men. and. directing his staff to stem the
torrent a. well as they could, he set OF
himself for the battlefield. He rode
straight into the throng Of fugitives, in
splendid passion of wrath and determine
ton, spurring his horse and swinging his
hat a. he passed, and calling 10 the men
Face the other way, boys Face the 9th
er way -
Hundreds turned at the appeal, and fol-
lowed him with cheers, for they all knew
Sheridan.
1t was ten O'Clock before he reached
the field. There he rode about hurriedly,
glancing at the position, and at once de-
termined upon his course. He re-arranged
the line of those who were still unbeaten,
and then went back to bring up the panic
stricken remainder. And now his pres
ence and personal influence told. lie was
in the full uniform Of a major-general,
mounted on a magnificent black horse,
man and beast covered with dust and
tiecked with foam he rose again in his
stirrups, he drew his sword, he waved
his hat and shouted TO his soldiers
If l had been here this never would
have happened. Face the other way,
boys. We are going back, :"
The flying soldiers were struck with
shame when they heard him shout and
saw his face blazing with rage and cour-
age and eagerness for them. They took
up his cry themselves, Pace the other
way 1t went out from one 10 another
for miles-frOm crowd to crowd-and
they obeyed the command. As the swell
ing shout went on, the surging crowd re-
turned. They faced the other way, and,
along the very road which covering
mob had taken three hours before, the
same men marched, with the tread of sol
diers. to meet the enemy. They knew
now that they were led TO victory.-St.
Nicholas.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-27
Words of Wisdom.

Recompense injury with justice and
kindness.
An irritable man lies like hedgehog
rolled up in the wrong way, tormenting
himself with his own prickles.
Every great and commanding move
ment in the annals of the world is the tri-
umph Of enthusiasm.
Timothy Dwight Of Yale, says: MY
answer to the question how was educat-
ed, ends where it began Il had the right
mother"
Envy. like cold poison, benumbs and
stupefes, and, conscious of its own impO-
tence, folds its arms in despair.
The voice of conscience is so delicate
that it is easy to stifie it, but it is also 50
clear that it is impossible to mistake it.
Wisdom and truth are immortal; but
cunning and deception, the meteOrs Of
the earth, after glittering for a moment.
must pass away.
Whoever labors for the happiness Of
those he loves, elevates himself. no mat
ter whether he works in the dreary shop
or the perfumed field.
Misfortune i never mournful to the
soul that accepts it, for such do always
see that every cloud is an angels face
The primal duties shine alOft like stars
the charities that sOOthe and heal and
bless are scattered at the feet Of man like
flowers.
God has set the type Of marriage every
where throughout the creation Every
creature seeks its perfection in another.
The very heavens and earth picture It 70
u
4 nippant, frivolous man may ridicule
others may contrOyert them. seOrn them
but be who has any respect for himself
seems 70 have renouneed the right Of
thinking meanly Of others.
The diyinest attribute ia the heart Of
man i love, and the mightie-t because
the most human principle in the heart Of
man j. faith Love il heaven; faith l.
that which appropriate heaven
] find. says Rutherford, that when the
saints are under trials and well humbled,
little sins raise great cries in the con
science but Ia prosperity conscience j. a
pope, that gives dispensatIOus and great
Latitude - our heart&
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-27

The superintendent, after looking over
his available material rcr teachers, dccid.
ed 10 request one Of the young gentlemen
of the congregation o. take the class.
Il 80 happened that the Young man
upon whom fen the superintendent
choice. was exceedingly hashful, so
much 80, In fact. that be Insisted upon
the superintendent going and presenting
him 10 the class. Accordingly che two
gentlemen appeared on the little plat
form. and the superintendent began
Young ladies. I wish % Introduce 60
you Mr. C., who will in future bc your
teacher I would Ike 20 have you tell
him what your former teacher did, so
that be- can ~ right on len the same
way .-"
Immediately demurc miss Of fourteen
years arose and said The first thing
our teacher always did was Ia Kiss us al
around
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-27
"reminiscences OF Public Men.

MIR Blaines FRIENDS claimed that. an
things considered. he was the greatest
leader Of men 10 the senate when De len
IL, possessing force, bravery and audacI.
ty. Edmunds stated proposition With
more clear-cut distinctness than Blaine.
1t was a purely intellectual act, and no
other element entered into Ia. llis words
were the coinage Of the brain. and were
void Of personality save Ia the mental
qualities they attcsted. Coukliug spoke
an imperious aud imperial iutellect.
His speeches took wider range aud were
pitched upon higher keys of ideas aud
ornamcntation than Blaine's. His speech
e. showed the fullest equipped train iu
the senate. But be spoke to illustrate
himself, not % persuade Others Lamar
was the man in the senate most persuad-
ed that il was possible 10 adjust Govern
ment TO general principles. n admins
tration were an affair OF the schools be-
would cave been a statesman ln The
difficulty Of dcvising a philosophy of
legislation he was confused between bis
impulses and his incaPaeity to formulate
them 10 his own apprehension OF apply
them 10 the conduct Of public affair.
He was partisan without confidence iu
partisanship. So great was bis intellect
his inability 10 think out his political
philosophy 10 where it touched the
springs of action put incertltude into
his ideas aud paralysis upon bis Will that
put him at a great disadvantage ln d
contest with a mau OF cleur-cut aud par
tisau ideas and great force like Mr.
Blaine Mr.. Thurman was, Ike Mr.
Blaine great prastical political leader.
and about the only differences between
them intellectually aud in traits DO "a
contest was, that, man for man, Blaine
had The most force perIfV'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-27
1t Saved NV Life"

Is common expression, often heard
from those who have realized, by per-
sonal use, the curative powers of Ayers
Cherry Pectora1. - I cannot say enough
in praise Of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, be-
Heving as I do that, but for its use. 1
should long since have died from lung
Uroubles.-E- Bragdon, Palestine, Tex
About six months ago 1 had a severe
HemOrrhage Of the Lungs, brought on
by a distressing Cough, which deprived
me OF sleep and rest. I had used vari-
Gus cough DalsaInS and eXpecJOranIS,
without obtaining relief. A friend ad-
vised me TO ny
Ayers Cherry PectoraI.
1 did so, and am happy to say that 1t
helped me at once. By continued use
this medicine cured my cough, and, 1
am satisfied, saved my Hfe.-Mrs. E.
Coburn, Is Second St, Lowell, Mass.
1 have used Ayers Cherry PectoraI
for over a year, and sincerely believe l
should have been in my grave, had it
not been for this medicine It has cured
me OF a dangerous affection OF the lungs,
for which had almost deSpaired OF ever
finding a remedy.-D. A. McMuuen,
Windsor, Province OF Ontario
Ayers Cherry PectoraI saved my life.
Two wears ago 1 took very severe Cold
which settled on my lungs. l consulted
physicians, and took the remedies they
prescribed, but failed to obtain relief
until began using Ayers Cherry Pee
tOral. Two bottles OF this medicine
completely restored my health Lizzie
NJ. Allen, West Lancaster. Ohio 7
Ayers Cherry Peetoral,
Sold BY all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, IS.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-06-27
Homesick

over the and Tar away,
o swallow, do you remember at all,
The nest in the lichened garden wall,
Where you were born one dav in spring
Where rhe sun looked in through an ivy screen.
And the leaves Of the lilac were large and green:
Here's many mosque with is ring OF towers,
And pillared temple and stately town,
And the holy river goes swiftly down,
The sun i seeking his saffron bowers,
But my heart flies far 10 an abbey gray
Where the dead sleep sweet, and the living pray
Here's yellow chaInpak that Buddha loves,
And lotus shedding her odorouS breath
But the orange evening Is lonely as death
With no sound save the Groom of I'll mourning
doves;
In Ievely ireland this hour I know
How merrily homeward the mowers go;
The daisied grass with the dew is pearled,
And the cattle stand where the shades are long
The cuckoo's calling his summer song,
The angeIus rings o 'er the hawthorn world;
And eyes I know where the lovelightS be,
Are growing misty with thoughts fine.
swallow, swa low, thar land i far,
And q human bOdy's a priSoned thing,
But YOU viii fiy away IN the spring,
To our home wherer riseth the evening star,
The bIackbird's singing in some green brake
and my heart Is breaking for that songs sake.